Honor Before Reason/Anime and Manga: Difference between revisions

** Essential to the [[Twist Ending]] of "Endless Odyssesy": {{spoiler|Harlock promises early into the series that he will help Tadashi Daiba succeed in his vow to kill the man who murdered his father, commenting on his belief that a man cannot break a promise and anyone who would break a promise or an oath is not a man. After Nu is defeated, he then reveals that ''he'' was the one who killed Daiba's father, as he had promised to do so if Tsuyoshi Daiba gave in to his hunger for knowledge and betrayed humanity to Nu. He repeats what Tsuyoshi's spirit had earlier revealed to Tadashi, that he has vowed to Tsuyoshi to kill Tadashi if he [[I Want to Be a Real Man|cannot become a man]], and firmly declares that Tadashi either kill him or be shot down.}}

* In ''[[Inuyasha]]'', Inu-Yasha himself is a good example of this. Kajinbo comes and tries to kill him at the night he's in human form (he's greatly weakened and not used to fighting while in this form). The logical choice would be letting his friends take over the business. His opponent insults him, says that it's pathetic to hide by women and children.

'''Inu-Yasha:''' I'm not that stupid... however... it's me who he comes after. I will not hide nor run. }}

** Then we have Inuyasha's [[Aloof Big Brother]] Sesshoumaru, once he realizes that the whole purpose behind enabling him to develop the Meidou Zangetsuha technique for his [[Healing Shiv]] was that his father planned for him to perfect the technique and then transfer it to Inuyasha's [[Empathic Weapon]] Tessaiga. He first attacks Inuyasha with Meidou Zangetsuha as a [[Die or Fly]] test, and when Inuyasha passes, Sesshoumaru follows him through the portal to the otherworld that the technique opened in order to pass on the ability immediately without taking steps to ensure himself an escape route, instead casually informing Inuyasha that whether or not they'll be able to return to the living world is all up to ''him'' now.